... A BAT IN A NEW CHARACTER . ,I. . . I . . . - Mr. B. G. Dartnell, of Arden House, Henley in.&rner, communicates the foliowing singular anecdote to the Fie newspaper.- Oa golg into my cow shed a short time since to see a newly' calved cow, I found her lying down, quietly chewing the cud, and, to my astonishment, I observed a buge rat lying at lull length between her bind legs, surkieg ...

... THURSDAY MORNING, MARCH 27. TiE New Ywlk7 TbiZw,,zv of the 12th int, publishes a despatch, dated the previous day, to the effect that General M'Clelland would cease, within twenty-four hours, to be in form, what he was not in fact, tlie si Commander-in-Chief of the Federal forces. d Mr. George Peabody, an American merchant, hasI apportioned the Eum of £150,000 to ameliorate the P condition of ...

... LATEST- NEWS HA.D O o, ,-aj ossnw BY ELE02'AO TERLBGMAPH. .OiTSE O1F COMMONS-WznlrmSDh. TbheSpumrR took the chair at twelve doclock In2rep to M,. Em na 8ir GGREY said -the second reading oE thwitegistration of Births and Deaths (freland) Bill would not be -proceeded with to-morrow. T39 WEIPPINGL MM MWr. EiLDFIEgi91novs the second readinpottbe Whip. ping BAlL Sir G. 4 BES said-the Isepectors ...

... 8HIPWRZOKS ON THE E&ST COMT., On Friday the particulars were received at Lloydbs Of. several shipwrecks having o0ed on the east coast dtq..g!g the recent severe weather. About 9 o'clock on Wodneesfay1. night a fioe barque, called the Johann, Mopt. Saneri of and from Bremen for Cardiff to takeit a cargo of coal f6vr Verhi Cruz, went Upon the Long Sand, some 15-mites off the Edsex shore, and all ...

... -- - wc:S a . . LATEST NEWS. HaIUUD OFvlOs, TAU-Skj M'ornM., BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH. LORD PALMERSTON AT SOUTH&MPTON. Southanipton, Wedn y EvIenig. . The following -address was preeentd,.by the 0orporation of Southampton to Lord Palmerston, on the ocsidas of hie visit to this town for the purpose of opening the sartley Institution:- I ulay it please your Lordeblp,-We, the Mayor, Alder. men, and ...

... ThE GOLD blGGINGS OP BiWlrSa COLUMB&. I -lhe Viotoria correspondent of the Morning Post, writiag C on the 28;h of July, says I have to repert an overwhelmlng rush to our worli.- c known El Dorado at the very moment when food at the tl mines as~ at alsonue famiae prices. The result has beem t many a uselee3 expenditure of time and money. They d have reaped the bitter fruits of their own folly, ...

... ABBTR &CT FROM LOG OF S S. CALEDONIA, DFROM QUEBEU TO GL&SGOW. $une 3, 9.30 A,M.-Embsrked passengers and baggagA, and proceeded. 1.30 P.Mr,-Peaeed Groase Island. 2.30rP M. -Pillars, 8,30rP.26-Brandy Pots. 10 ?? sldand; veiy fine weather, with light variable, and calms through out; steaming only. Noon-Dtstance, 232 miles. 4. 1.20 A.M.-PaFeed Bio. 2,30 A.M.-Lauded pilot. 3 AxM-Pabaed Father ...

... i 1CIVIL WAR IN AMERICAI I v_ .. (From the Times' Coceeponent) Now York, Aug. 21. Whatever may be the came at public meetings and in re- cruiting office,, Wall Street does not ardently believe Ia the present good fortune or the future prospects of the Republic, Yesterday and to-day the air has been thick with rumours of disaster to the army of Gen. Pope. Stocks have gone 1owu, and gold has ...

... HAMILTON~-Jmi 14o I P. Cbbusi;PoAdai4 Cdimi ?? J3ils.co.of Peace, Couit lME1,166'11 o H'.; an :Esq.o Bs'aa4d Brdopme~ton'- MJohit eek, sejq.' olf t.. od s let; did, Dr.-Feblirln, -eisdlaj Juntiicw he, foll wiiig narptles were arraigned on cam plilnis at the in~t~iiae ol ?? J. A. Dyk§k.F,.F. viz. :-JohAW ldeon, sollier, Brm zell.; Id! ton, w#s'chnreld'dlth'baVin` ?? a treappes ° 76h 1Ze; ...

... 5 UNLVERBITY OF GL&SGOW-ADDaESS TO rTH I REV. DRE HELL. At a meeting of the students attending the theologicl clase In the University, held on Thursday the 27th olt., IL was ?? agreod that an Address be drawn up aat presented to the Rev. Dr. Hill expressive of the studentea gratitude tohimus professorand affctlon forblm as ofrlend It w also greed that the reverend professor should be requested ...

... NEW LAW ON MILITARY OFFBNDgRR_ - Fm a=~- (From the Observer.) Among the Ads of Parliament Psased in thb late seslon was ous1n0e the more speedy trial of homiddes committed by Persons subject to the, Mutiny Act. on Persona under the ame law. It will be recollected that some tearful crimes were Committed by solders oan their officers; and the object of the law to to bring speedily to justice ...

... WIND AND WEATHER BPORT-FamyA! Non-The obmervatlons at the stations in the United King. don are taken at 9 an, ad at the Continental stations at about 7 AM , local time. Alloa , S.E. ?? fine. Ardroesan . S.E. . . dull. Ayr, ?? E.S.E. dull. Belfa st ?? S.S.W. ?? -rain Birminghan,,,.. S.We ?? fine. Brad .ord . W. ?? fine. Bristol , S.W. ?? fine, Cambridge . S.. . ?? .fiEe. Carlisle . 8 ?? . ...